Diocese of Byumba, Rwanda

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Byumba / Byumban(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Kigali

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1981.11.05: Established as Diocese of Byumba / Byumban(us) (Latin) (from Diocese of Kabgayi, Diocese of Kibungo and Diocese of Ruhengeri and became suffragan of Kigali)

Bishop (2022.02.28 – ...):

Bishop Papias Musengamana (57)

Bishops of Byumba (Roman Rite)

Bishop Papias Musengamana (57)
(2022.02.28 – ...)

Bishop of Byumba (Rwanda)

Priest of Kabgayi (Rwanda) (1997.05.18 – 2022.02.28)

Bishop of Byumba (Rwanda) (2022.02.28 – ...)

Bishop Servilien Nzakamwita (81)
(1996.03.13 – 2022.02.28)

Bishop emeritus of Byumba (Rwanda)

Priest of Kibungo (Rwanda) (1971.07.11 – 1996.03.13)

Bishop of Byumba (Rwanda) (1996.03.13 – 2022.02.28)

Bishop Frédéric Rubwejanga (93)
(Apostolic Administrator 1994.11.11 – 1996.03.13)

Bishop Joseph Ruzindana
(1981.11.05 – 1994.06.07)

Bishop of Byumba (Rwanda) (1981.11.05 – 1994.06.07)

Ruhengeri (←), Kabale (↑), Mbarara (↗), Kibungo (↘), Kigali (↓)

Area: 5,100 km²

Population: 819,000 Catholics (47.5% of 1,723,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 25 parishes

Personnel: 114 priests (96 diocesan, 18 religious), 186 religious (35 brothers, 151 sisters), 46 seminarians